The State Board of Elections matched its database of 6.1 million registered voters with records at the Division of Motor Vehicles and found that 1 million voters did not have a NC driver’s license or identification card with matching name and address – a current, valid NC photo ID.

Out of the 1 million voters:

– 114,000 matched except for a variation in name (e.g., women who changed their last name).

– 334,000 had additional mismatching information but some indication they had an ID

Out of the remaining 554,000 voters where no indication that a match existed:

– 95,000 are classified as Inactive registered voter

– 460,500 are Active registered voters with no indication of a NC current and valid ID.

Out of the 6.1 million registered voters, 5.6 million are Active. This analysis compares the demographic profile of 460,500 Active voters who lack ID with the 5.6 million statewide.

For example, while Blacks make up 22% of all Active voters, they are 32% of those without an ID, which means if you’re a Black Active voter, you’re 48% more likely to not have a current ID than other Active voters. Seniors over 65 are 20% of Active voters but 32% of those with no ID. Women and Democrats are also more likely to not have a current ID than men and Republicans.

COMPARING WHO DOESN’T HAVE PHOTO ID IN N.C. AMONG ACTIVE REGISTERED VOTERS, 2011

How many political hacks can’t have an honest political debate because they have so many different online identities and are so confused about who they are and where they are that they get tickets for expired tags because their vehicle is registered at one address and they are registered to vote at another?

Nobody has dismissed “other factors” except the sponsors of the bill that would require current PhotoID with identity and address information that matches the information in voter registration files. Those “other factors” would not be allowed to vote.

The NC Constitution requires free elections. Supporters of the bill point to Georgia but that state’s constitution does not require free elections, and unlike NC GOP proposals to date, the GA law provides for free IDs and the use of various government IDs including expired drivers licenses, though the information has to be current and must match the files.

460,500 are Active registered voters with no indication of a NC current and valid ID.

How many of those people:

1. Are still alive
2. Still live in North Carolina
3. Don’t have one of the following?

– A special identification card for nonoperators issued under G.S. 20?37.7.

– A valid identification card issued by a branch, department, agency, or entity of this State, any other state, or the United States authorized by law to issue personal identification.

– A valid United States passport.

– A valid employee identification card issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the United States government, this State, or any county, municipality, board, authority, or other entity of this State.